﻿LEPIOOPTERA HETEROCEBA. 1849 



lines; middle baud whitish, incomplete; exterior band broad, 

 reddish fawu-colour; suhmarginal ])oints brown. Fore wings sjub- 

 falcate. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a, Adelaide. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Paf^e 1513. 



Genus GIRPA. 



Mas. Corpus sat rohustum. Fasciculus frontalis trigonus, 

 conspicuUvS. Proboscis brevis. Palpi oblique ascendenles; articulus 

 2us subarcuatus ; 3us lauceolatus, 2i dimidio longior. Anteona; 

 siniplices, corporis dimidio valde longiores. Abdomen conicuuj, 

 alas posiicas non superans. Pedes validi, dense pilosi; tibiae pos- 

 ticie calcaribus longis. A\x mediocres; aniicai apud costam rectae, 

 apice angulatae, margine exteriore redo subobliquo. 



Male. Body rather stout. Frontal tuft prominent, triangular. 

 Prvtboscis short. Palpi obliquely ascending; second joint slightly 

 icuived ; third lanceolate, rather more than half the length of the 

 -second. Antennae simple, much more than half the length of the 

 body. Abdomen conical, not extending beyond the hind wings. 

 liCifs stoui, densely pilose, moderately long; hind tibise w^ilh long 

 spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore vvint(s straight along the 

 costa, rectangular at the lips, straight and slightly oblique along 

 jibe exterior border. 



1. GiRPA ALIEN A. 



Mas. Cinerea^ nigro conspersa ; thorax antice ohscurior ; aUe 

 iineis Incomplelis diffusis undidatu niqricantibus; anliice 

 I orbiculari e gutta nigricante ; reniformi parva nigricanCe 



I inarginata^ striga subapicali brevi lata subobliqua cana. 



Male. Cinereous, speckled with black, paler beneath. Thorax 

 jdarker in front. Wings with some incomplete diffuse undulating 

 •blackish lines; suhmarginal points blackish; fringe broad. Fore 

 (wings with the orbicular mark forming a blackish dot; reniform 

 Talher sm^ll, with a blackish border; a broad, short, irregular, 

 slightly oblique, hoary streak near the tip of the costa; three pale 

 •costal subapicdl points. Length of the body 5^ lines; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



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